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WH Chong’s beautiful cover for Murray Bail’s The Voyage has been shortlisted in the literary fiction category in this year’s APA Book Design Awards.
The winners in each category will be announced at an awards ceremony on 23 May during the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Daniel Pink explains why we’re all on the sales pitch.
200 years of Pride and Prejudice: readers share their memories of Jane Austen.
Text Publishing is looking for an enthusiastic publicist to join its energetic, highly effective publicity team. Duties include initiating and running publicity campaigns, media liaison, author caretaking, writing sales materials, and arranging and attending author events.
Coetzee hasn’t done anything as fine and beautifully executed as this since Disgrace. Andrew Riemer’s review of J. M. Coetzee’s new novel, The Childhood of Jesus.
Rose Tremain on how a particular smell inspired her to become a writer.
Submissions for the 2013 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing open today.
20 highly sexy photos of highbrow authors.
Anne Sexton says it’s the sexiest meal of the day and Bilbo Baggins likes it so much he has it twice: what a character’s breakfast choices say about them.
The lovely literary window displays at Bergdorf Goodman.
‘Ron Rash’s new short story collection, Nothing Gold Can Stay, is this Appalachian author’s best book since his 2008 Serena. If Read more
Oh hiiiiiii there: Jen Doll on the trend of word lengthening.
The debased art of coining words: a glossary. Related: it’s sad that we don’t hear ‘booboisie’ any more.
How to buy your way on to the New York Times bestseller list.
